Vision

The Centre aspires to be recognised nationally and internationally as a leader in the pursuit and achievement of excellence in biomedical research.

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Mission

To discover, develop, disseminate, and apply knowledge of basic and applied biomedical research to improve the health and well-being of people, to cultivate new generations of biomedical scientists, and to contribute to the development of the knowledge-based economies in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and beyond.

Background

The Tung Biomedical Sciences Centre, established with the generous donation from The Tung Foundation in 2020, is an interdisciplinary research centre at CityU dedicated to the research and development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics for early detection and personalised treatments of cancers, neurodegeneration, and infectious diseases.

In September 2022, the Foundation pledged to make another donation to extend the support for the Centre and the research initiatives in Biomedical Sciences of CityU.

Professor Mengsu (Michael) Yang, who leads the Centre, is a renowned biomedical scientist with an outstanding track record in biotechnology development and translation of research results into products for clinical applications. The Centre is empowered by faculty members from the Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Material Science and Engineering. These multidisciplinary teams of investigators and their undergraduate and postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows and technicians work closely together and share their knowledge and techniques, aiming to understand the fundamental mechanisms of development and progression of the selected diseases, and translate new knowledge into novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for the prediction, prevention and treatments of these diseases.